The Masters 2017

Updated 0746 GMT (1546 HKT) June 2, 2017

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Sergio Garcia of Spain celebrates with the Masters Trophy during the Green Jacket ceremony after he won in a playoff during the final round of the 2017 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club on Sunday, April 9, in Augusta, Georgia.

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Garcia embraces fiancee Angela Akins after winning his first major title in a playoff with England's Justin Rose for the Masters.

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Olympic champion Rose won the 2013 US Open and was bidding to become the first European to win the Masters and US Open in his career.

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Close friends Jordan Spieth and Rickie Fowler were playing together in the penultimate group Sunday, with Spieth chasing a second green jacket and Fowler a first major title.

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Spieth was second on his debut in 2014, won the following year and was second last year after an infamous collapse on the back nine Sunday.

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The 37-year-old Garcia was chasing his first major title in 74 attempts.

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Rory McIlroy posted a fourth consecutive top 10 at the Masters but needs a win to complete the career grand slam of all four major titles.

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Olympic champion Justin Rose of England fires a third-round 67 to reach six under and take a share of the lead with Sergio Garcia into the final round of the Masters on Sunday.

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Spain's Garcia is chasing a first major title at the 74th attempt. Could a big one finally come his way Sunday at Augusta?

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Jordan Spieth, the 2015 champion, has finished no worse than second on three visits to Augusta and hit back from a quadruple-bogey nine Thursday to be within two of the lead.

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Phil Mickelson was hoping to mount a challenge for a fourth Masters green jacket but struggled to catch fire Saturday and faces an eight-shot deficit to the leaders.

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Rory McIlroy needs the Masters to complete the career grand slam of all four majors but says he needs "the round of my life" if he is to have a chance Sunday.

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Fred Couples won the Masters 25 years ago, and the 57-year-old is in contention again, although Saturday's third round didn't quite go in the right direction.

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Young American Rickie Fowler is chasing a first major title and sits one stroke off the lead heading into the climax Sunday.

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Charley Hoffman hits a shot on Friday. He led by four shots when the second round started, but he came back to the field with a 3-over 75.

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Garcia hits out of a bunker on Friday. He shot a 3-under 69.

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Pieters lines up a putt on the 10th hole Friday.

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From left, Garcia, Lee Westwood and Shane Lowry wait together on a green.

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Adam Hadwin jumps across Rae's Creek while playing the 13th hole.

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Paul Casey, left, and caddie John McLaren visualize a shot.

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Golfers walk up to the first fairway on Friday.

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William McGirt reacts to a missed birdie putt on Friday.

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Ryan Moore watches a shot from the pine straw on the 17th hole.

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Former Masters winner Charl Schwartzel hits a shot on No. 7.

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Hoffman drives the ball on the 18th hole on Thursday, April 6. He shot a 7-under 65 to take a four-shot lead after the first round.

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Billy Payne, the chairman of the Augusta National Golf Club, places Arnold Palmer's jacket on a chair at the honorary start of the tournament. Palmer's wife, Kathleen, looks on. Palmer, a four-time Masters winner, died in September at the age of 87.

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Jack Nicklaus raises his cap to the sky, honoring Palmer before hitting a ceremonial tee shot.

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Dustin Johnson, the world's No. 1 player, talks to the media after withdrawing from the tournament on Thursday. Johnson hurt his back Wednesday after falling down a staircase.

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Phil Mickelson reacts after making an eagle on the second hole Thursday. Mickelson, who has won the Masters three times, shot a 1-under 71.

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Pieters hits a drive during the first round. The Belgian took an early morning lead and finished at even par.

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McGirt lines up a putt. He finished in second place Thursday after a 3-under 69.

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Jordan Spieth plays his second shot on the 18th hole Thursday. Spieth, the Masters winner in 2015, shot a 3-over 75.

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The crowd watches Jason Dufner, Ernie Els and Bernd Wiesberger play the 16th hole on Thursday.

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A detailed view of the main leaderboard near the first fairway.

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Brandt Snedeker, left, high-fives a crew member after making a putt on the fourth hole.